Telegram-herald., 1887-08-12
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TIE subject. why We are Seventh Day Ad-
vtnusts."
lie took for his text The twelfth verse Of
the fourteenth chapter Of Revelations.
Here are they that keep tie commands Of
God and The faith Of Jesus
Hs prsfaced his remarks by stating thai
in his efforts to show that the seventh day
Of the week was the only one which tie
Lord commanded should be Teligiously
observed. lie would rely wholly on the
Bible and the writings OF Others 10 prove
tue truth Of his assertion and show
that thed Aysntlst doctrine Was tie only
true faith zs demanded Dy the scripture
| lie said. The one thing upon which all
| religious bodies pin their faith is the Decs-
| iOgue, which has proven the foundation Of
| all creation and religion. The Ten Com
| msndalents are the words of God aud ne
commanded their observance, therefore, II
| one OF them be true al must De true. The
| fourth command says. six DAYS shalt thou
labor and do all thy work, but the seventh
is the Sabbath Of the Lord thy God; In II
thou shalt not DO any work. TO keep any
| day right is 10 keep IL as Gods law directs
and We are called upon by the LORD 10
obey his commandments; not one but
| all. The scriptural Injunction. 'whosOever
breaketh one law ofendeth, applies TO the
great moral Ia OF the Decalogue. In their
| entirety these commands are one great Law,
| and the Lord has commanded tbat they be
enforced. / am asked why am | a seventh
| day man. | answer because | am COM
msnded TO keep that day, and should keep
any other am q rebel. 1t says that the
seventh day is ths Sabbath day OF the Lord.
| Hold on says some man, what's that you
| say-the Sabbath Of the Lord? thought
| that was the Sabbath Of the Jew. Oh, mol
my friends, it says Lord, Lord; and GER
tainly that don't spell jew. Jew.
"A Methodist preacher IN conversation with
me once, said any fool ought 10 know that
Sunday was the first cay Of the week snd
yet when he said il be knew better, for
Gods law told him different. But 1 shall
| leave it to other sects and denominations TO
prove the truth Of what / say. / shall read
| first from the Methodist catechism. Answer
No. 50, on page =, says obey the ten COM
| mandments.' And don't the fourth com
| mSndment say, the seventh day is the Sab
bath Of the Lord The Lutheran faith
says: mo Christian is free from obeying
the ten commandments You see We prac.
| tice what the Methodists and Lutherans
preach. The Baptist manual, article II,
page SO, SAYS: We believe the law Of God
is unchangeable,' and it hasn't been
changed, yet why do they not observe IL as
commanded
"Spurgeon says the law of god is perfect
and therefore endorses the whole ten. The
Presbyterian confession Of Faith says:
The moral Law doth forever bind all
The moral law is the ten commandments.
not nine. but ten. In the face OF the Pres
| byterian assertion, are we not consistent
| Martin Luther in his writings says the
moral law is combined in the ten COM
mandments and should be observed. Let's
see what the Episcopal faith says. The
| minister repeats each of the ten command
ments and the congregation reverentialiy
respond after each, Lord have mercy upon
us and incline our hearts to keep that law
| Well, they need TO ask mercy for they are
/ breaking the law every time they observe
| their present Sunday. A United
Brethren preacher up in Carson City once
undertook to reply 70 me, and said in his
argument that the moral law was wiped
| out. But l answered him effectually by
| showing that according to the doctrine of
| his faith his people were obliged as part
| OF their service TO respect.the ten command
ments.
Thus, by the doctrine Of these sects.
have endeavored to show you that they en-
derse our belief. But, said man TO me
| today-and l believe he was Christian-it
| don't make much difference what day we
| keep holy, as the Bible simply commands
us 70 observe one day. Let's see. Can you
make a day holy simply by resting? IN
| South America the Catholic church has $50
holy days, but they are not
oil kept holy. So | say if as great man as
| the Pope can't enforce the proper observ-
ance Of days set apart what can We expect
OF poor weak man? But shall not content
/ myself with the doctrines OF other faiths To
! uphold my positions. but shall go to the
| Bible 10 prove that we are commanded to
keep the seventh day, not one day in seven
In the 10Th chapter Of Exodus we are
| told that the people were supplied with
| mamma from Heaven and that plentiful
supply fell each day and double portion
on the sixth dsy, and thus il was continued
for forty years. The seventh day does not
mean one DAY IN seven. and mathematical
| computation proves IT," (Tbe speaker
here used the blackboard to show the
audience the truth of bis statement
and continuing said: did God rest one
day in seven Decidedly not. The Bible
IS very explicit and says he rested on the
| seventh day. They tell ne that this j. the
doctrine of the old testament and abide By
T. Matthew says. Ia the end Of the Sab
Oath ss u began to dawn near the first end
OF the vesk.' lie don't say in the end of
sabbath. but Of the Sabbath. Mark in the
passed and very early in the morning Of
the first day Of the week Luke. In the
I'd chapter, lsst verse. SAYS That was the
last day OF the preparation and the Sabbath
drew on they prepared spices
and rested the Sabbath day accord
ing to the commandment and came to The
sepulcbrc the 6rst day Of the week This
should be a solid foundation Tbsrs is
nothing there 10 show that any Of these
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The fourteenth verse Of the thirteenth
chapter Of Acts says But when they de-
parted and went into the Synagogue
on tbe sabbath day. The argument used
70 get sr0Fnd this Is thai of course they
went into The Synagogue on the Sabbath
became they. could get . c-ewd that DAY.
bat Lnke says il was the sabbath DAY and
he ~oDldn't lie. u Il "a. The sabbath
tne1 10 must be now Bat they tel - II
wss the 1ewish Sabbath res and I csa
show v0u that the Gsnniss kept it TOO for
TIE same chapter says and when tbe JsTs
went out The Tent.les beEGe 81 that The ser
men - repeated - them On the ne1f Ssh-
hath. snd the forty foufik verse tells 8s
that The people from Al parts II the city
ssssrn eie1 there tie nsTt -8bnsfb.
Ia the Eecond chapter 81 jsmes in tie
tenth snd seventh vsrses re are tois
thst e. tie Gentss attended servies
On the ssbheib. aad fsst they vent 10 fbs
r~eT 90 besr the service. fgrtoeT. THAT
Paul "a was h.s custoza. went into TIE
sFnsg0gTt sid p7sschs7 foT three snrcee
sire Ssrhsfns " re HeV Tssta71 srt i -
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word eorezrs there rscrt frea1srtIV fbsr II
tne o5 NoV ] ssy. haven ] saorr ro1
enough pre-f 81 ny Dc ] might
wnsfic1V TIE proof II j. vsYs Beae-s,rr
I Ere-T a. scritv goes - show that the T-eo
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